Well, the illustrations were actually cartoons for a project.
The Three Incestuous Sisters is the strangest illustrated book I've read in a long time.
And Girls by the Luna Brothers is the strangest comic book I've read in some time.
Yes, yes... I went on another one of my regular trips to Landmark, the book store and was able to read almost two books before the store closed.
The Three Incestuous Sisters is a book unlike any other. Beautifully illustrated and through a sparse use of words to support the illustrations, it reads at one and the same time like a fairy-tale, a script, a storyboard, a book. I heartily recommend it just for it's strangeness disturbing visuals and the fairly tedious process used to illustrate them (aquatint) makes one appreciate it even more.
Girls is a comic book that at first glance seems like any other comic book. But the weird and wacky story of a small American town being attacked by a horde of naked beautiful women who were hatched in a bathroom stops looking run-of-the-mill once you flip the cover.
The Luna brothers take you on this wild ride but what really holds it all together is the central character, Ethan, a guy who has trouble understanding women and probably starts the whole mess. The great thing about the story is that it shifts quickly and easily between being funny, quirky, sexy, intriguing to downright scary. The best part is how well the story's been edited between issues - it just takes these twists and turns which will keep you on the edge of your seat. It looks and reads almost like a movie.
You can read the first issue here for free!
http://www.imagecomics.com/iconline.php?title=girls_001&page=cover
I could only find the first volume (Issues 1-6) compiled in a trade paperback, but I wasn't able to finish the last issue before the store closed!
This just means I'll have to go back.
And no I'm not a perv.
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